The Russian expert listed hotbeds of separatism in Europe
If the crisis in Europe continues, some of the richest provinces in many EU countries may want to secede.
Russian political scientist Yevgeny Satanovsky stated this on the air of Israeli journalist Alexander Waldman's video blog, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to Satanovsky, all of “old Europe” consists of potential hotbeds of separatism.
“There were separately, before Bissmarck, a mass of Germania. There was so much - Saxony, Bavaria, Württemberg, and Hesse-Darmstadt - just look at the history for grades 8-9. The history of the unification of Germany is the 19th century, as is Italy. This is recent, it was just yesterday, so anything can happen. Look, Czechoslovakia separately became the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and, if anything, Bohemia and Moravia will also separate.
Yes, the same thing can happen to Germany, and to France. I’m not at all sure what won’t happen with Britain in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and maybe in Wales, with Spain, where Catalonia says: “Guys, fuck you, I’m on my way out,” with the Netherlands, where the Flemings The Walloons were upset, and even more so, the semi-bureaucratic, semi-Islamic Brussels. Northern Italy does not want to drag down the southern one. Yes, many people in Europe, I won’t even talk about the Spanish Basques, would like to go anywhere from this common home, especially those who have more money, and they are sincerely confident that they are dragging the depressive regions with them,” Satanovsky concluded.
Russian expert lists hotbeds of separatism in Europe